Overview
- Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Movies released the first trailer on July 9, unveiling the film’s tone and deep-sea pirate storyline.
- The footage shows SpongeBob and Patrick journeying to the Underworld to face the Flying Dutchman, now voiced by Mark Hamill instead of Brian Doyle-Murray.
- Search for SquarePants adopts full 3D cinematic animation while nodding to its 2D origins in a stylistic shift from the television series.
- Series veterans Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass and others return alongside newcomers George Lopez, Ice Spice, Arturo Castro and Regina Hall.
- Directed by Derek Drymon with a screenplay by Pam Brady and Matt Lieberman, the movie is set to premiere on December 19.